by Dr. Gary Scott Smith As Americans mourn the death of the nation’s oldest ex-president and celebrate his life, they will disagree about the effectiveness of his presidency and the impact of many of his policies.

January • Vandals raze radio station tower; steal copper wiring. • Da’Cari Williams was named the 2024 Hugo News Baby of the Year.

23 “I will heap calamities on them and spend my arrows against them. 24 I will send wasting famine against them, consuming pestilence and deadly plague; I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts, the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.

Five Amorite Kings Killed 16 Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah. 17 When Joshua was told that the five kings had been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah, 18 he said, “Roll large rocks up to the mouth of the cave, and post some men there to guard it. 19 But don’t stop; pursue your enemies! Attack them from the rear and don’t let them reach their cities, for the Lord your God has given them into your hand.” 20 So Joshua and the Israelites defeated them completely, but a few survivors managed to reach their fortified cities. 21 The whole army then returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one uttered a word against the Israelites.

• Ahead of winter’s respiratory virus season The Choctaw Nation Department of Public Health has launched a Respiratory Health Hub to prepare local communities for the upcoming winter respiratory virus season with information on respiratory virus prevention, symptoms, and current viral positivity rates within the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) Health System. The site includes weekly trends of influenza, RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), and COVID-19 positivity rates, which updates each Monday.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation a $412,610 grant for research aimed at better understanding why some people develop arthritis while others don’t.

I can always tell when school sports are back in full swing by the steady stream of athletes who limp into my office with torn ACLs. Every year, I have to tell heartbroken players that they’ll have to spend the rest of their season on the bench. Sadly, these conversations are becoming more frequent: The number of high school athletes who suffered ACL tears increased 26% between 2007 and 2022.

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has been recognized as one of 84 economic development organizations accredited by International Economic Development Council (IEDC) as an Accredited Economic Development Organization (AEDO). The Choctaw Nation is the first Native American tribe to receive this accreditation.

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HUGO — Members of the Hugo city council, acting in their capacity as members of the Hugo Municipal Authority… heard numerous comments at their Tuesday, Dec. 17 meeting concerning a proposed sale of surplus city water to the City of Altus, Okla.